Last night was the first time Garry saw me throw away a couple of drawings. He seemed shocked. I’m not sure exactly why. Waste of very good paper? Waste of all that work? But the thing is, not every drawing… Read More ›
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WELCOME TO FEBRUARY – WORLD SHARING TIME AGAIN
SHARE YOUR WORLD 1-30-2022 January ended with the biggest ever blizzard for the month of January. We have had bigger blizzards in other months, but this one was the winner for January. Not to worry because now they are predicting more… Read More ›
MONDAY PEEVES ON TUESDAY
TMP22: Why can’t they just say they are sorry if it’s their fault? Most of the time, when something goes wrong and it’s obviously the fault of the company you are working with, not only is customer service pathetic, but… Read More ›
YOU KNOW, COMPUTERS …
It was just one of those mornings. Last night, just around bedtime, I took a look at my bank balance. It is usually low this time of month because Social Security doesn’t come in until tomorrow — now today. I… Read More ›
GETTING HACKED
There have been a lot of big hacks lately. Mostly these have been called ransomware attacks. They’ve hit an oil company, hospitals, electric companies. They also, rather casually, will attack anyone else they can, even if it’s for just a… Read More ›
IF TV HACKERS LIVED IN THE REAL WORLD – TOM CURLEY
I watch a lot of TV. Probably too much. I’m fond of action shows. I’m really fond of all the various comic book shows. The single thing these shows have in common is they all have at least one computer genius…. Read More ›
IT’S ALWAYS WINDOWS
Windows works. It a mess, yet somehow, it keeps trucking along. Because the price of a high-end PC is far less than a Mac — and anyone can build them including you — they remain “the standard” for business. Having… Read More ›
NOTIFICATIONS OR THE LACK THEREOF
I get tons of notifications from my computer. I was getting so many notifications I finally turned them off. Now, I only get “urgent” notifications. Apparently the minor detail that my hard drive is full was not considered urgent because… Read More ›
AND THEN CAME CABLE
Judy Dykstra-Brown said she never saw any new movies on television when she was a kid because she lived in the middle of nowhere. I got to thinking about that. I don’t think any of us saw anything “new” or… Read More ›
OOPS! ABOUT OUR 4-DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND
When I was counting my medication, I forgot that everything would be closed from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday. We don’t have a lot of 4-day holidays here. They are usually three days at most. Thanksgiving is different. It is always… Read More ›
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TOOL? – Marilyn Armstrong
Blogging Insights # 36 — Devices And the question is: You could probably take an educated guess from the picture containing the question, but in case you aren’t sure, it’s a laptop. It’s a hunky laptop with 16-gigs of memory… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND IT’S ALREADY JULY! – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 7-8-2020 Questions: In your opinion, what’s the closest thing to real magic? Software. I know how it is written. I have written some myself. Nothing fancy, but enough to get a grip on how it is done…. Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 